2025-08-12 15:50 UTC · Community Announcements · Eyes
Greetings Gremlins!Today we’re happy to share with you what we’ve been working on for the last few months since launching Mother Machine: a demo of an experimental new game mode, which we’re calling Co-Op Gremlin Tours!In Co-Op Gremlin Tours, you and your Gremlin friends are on a trip to the (newly terraformed) surface of the planet, using the drilling machines left behind by the Creators. Each Tour will take you through a number of small caves, each with its own distinct theme and goal. At the end of each cave, you will find another drill taking you to the next cave: but first, you and your G
2025-03-28 18:03 UTC · Community Announcements · ByteRiot
Hello Gremlins, We are beyond excited! Embrace your inner chaos gremlin and dive into the Ashen Spores biome. With procedurally generated levels and five story acts, your adventure is limitless: unravel the mystery behind our beloved Mother! On top of the base game, we are also launching a DLC expansion: the Misty Grove biome, with more mutations and creatures to encounter. The DLC is free until April 9th 2025, and once you’ve claimed it, it’s yours to keep forever! Why don't you give it a try today? https://store.steampowered.com/app/1555980/Mother_Machine/
2025-03-20 14:49 UTC · Community Announcements · kiridjinha
About Mother Machine After working for 10 years on games that rely heavily on procedural generation, we are about to release our latest game, Mother Machine, on March 26th. Unlike our previous games, which were tile-based strategy games, Mother Machine is a 2.5D multiplayer platformer with a strong emphasis on exploration. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1555980/Mother_Machine/ Hello Explorers! More wonderful news coming your way! We're super excited to be part of the Future Games Show! It is a great opportunity for you to try our demo with your friends and make sure that you get notified o
2025-03-16 21:16 UTC · Community Announcements · 8BitBeard
About Mother Machine After working for 10 years on games that rely heavily on procedural generation, we are about to release our latest game, Mother Machine, on March 26th. Unlike our previous games, which were tile-based strategy games, Mother Machine is a 2.5D multiplayer platformer with a strong emphasis on exploration. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1555980/Mother_Machine/ It’s pretty wild when you think about the shift in genre, but I was eager to apply our knowledge of procedural generation to the more immediate, physical gameplay that platformers offer. At its core, Mother Machine s
2024-08-13 15:49 UTC · Community Announcements · ByteRiot
We're super excited to announce our new game Mother Machine! A 1-4 player co-op action-rpg where you and your friends explore alien caves as chaos-loving gremlins! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1555980/Mother_Machine/ https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/34637810/e8a1f7829c295d4cefad2c1cac0c676d639a2652.png Highlights Use your ability to seamlessly climb on walls and roofs and reimagine 2.5D platformer gameplay. Extend your active abilities with mutations and creatively overcome challenges. Join games at any time with easy drop-in multiplayer. Play with anyone, independent from thei
2024-07-07 12:55 UTC · Community Announcements · Eyes
Greetings explorers! Today's patch fixes one annoying bug: Fixed nature rest events not progressing when a Cultist was frozen in the Old Theatre.
2024-06-21 11:41 UTC · Community Announcements · Eyes
Greetings Cultists! We have a small update with a couple of bug fixes for your cults today: Fixed newly inducted cultists getting a level 1 cultist ability instead of their current level Fixed some inducted cultists not getting the correct levels of their former classes ability, if that former class had multiple upgradable abilities Fixed the promotion preview window not displaying correct information for Cultists If you find any bugs, do please report them using the in-game bug reporter! If you don't, the Purple Jelly will get you!
2024-06-20 08:45 UTC · Community Announcements · Eyes
Dear Explorers, We've just released a free update, featuring a new playable Cult Leader character and 4 types of Cultists to recruit! Cult Leader To unlock the Cult Leader, you need to have the "From Whence we Came" achievement, "Enter a Portal to a Corrupted world and return back". Then just start a new Campaign or Director Mode run and select this explorer. Cult Leaders can persuade human trek members to join their cult and become a Cultist. You can do this at any nature rest location. New Cultists will keep their existing class's skill along with their new abilities! Cult Leaders grow in po
2023-05-05 14:08 UTC · Community Announcements · Mamas_Johnny
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34614898/17b73b69f05b93b0755a26e67096c6f3f5df6bf6.jpg Happy Friday, friends! Let us make you an offer you definitely can't refuse! We recently published the ultimate "Thunderful Classics Bundle", including Curious Expedition 2, SteamWorld Heist and Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/27899/Thunderful_Classics_Bundle/ Make sure to complete your Thunderful Classics collection, because thanks to our current Thunderful Publisher Sale here on Steam (May 4-18), the price is really unbeatable low! It's now or never, friends - don't miss out! ː
2022-12-13 11:25 UTC · Community Announcements · Eyes
Today's small patch should help solve issues with connecting to the Club Competition server. If you have been having problems connecting, the next time you run the game it should detect this and clear any bad cached login data. If you still get issues connecting, close and reopen the game one more time, and then it should work! If you still get issues at this point, please report a bug with the ingame bug reporter. That way we will get your log files and can continue to investigate. Thanks, and Happy Competitions! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34614898/dda16e4acd67bc5cd0fe6abe709e4ba76c6b2aaa.png
2022-10-25 18:49 UTC · Community Announcements · Eyes
Fixed missing Granola bar in Director Mode ship shop Fixed using Stone Disc or Ancient Machine on another location caused that location to be not visitable Fixed T-Rex not having the "Final Bite" attack at lower levels Fixed Workshop Treasure Maps not giving any treasure sometimes Fixed bad sorting when brawling Tanukis Fixed some missing variables in a tavern night event Fixed Quack Doctor never being offered as a recruit in the first year
2022-10-20 18:03 UTC · Community Announcements · lorenzo_mm
Dear Explorers, You asked for it and we listened: the T-Rex can be tamed now! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34614898/7cf44f791c3c23538f06e08e4a62d55ce7649258.png If you're playing using the Naturalist (one of the two new expedition leaders available in the Robots of Lux DLC) you will now be able to add the almighty T-Rex join your party. Please note that you won't be able to ride it though! Today's update also includes some other Robots of Lux DLC improvements based on the feedback we've received from players: Beasts that can be promoted above level 8 now improve their perk stats at all levels Tigers, Sp
2022-09-29 14:12 UTC · Community Announcements · Eyes
MORE POWER (to your Robots)! Fixed Charged Robot status not giving correct dice in event challenges Fixed Charged Robot status not increasing in level when character is promoted Fixed Mysterious Eggs not being compostable Fixed Jellyfish Tentacle not properly being Frozen or Thawed along with the Jellyfish Fixed badly positioned Tamed Giant Crab in combat Fixed missing dice when starting combat at zero health while mounted Fixed crash when generating some Archipelago maps Fixed Mountain shrine aftermath effecting the wrong shrine sometimes Fixed character becoming cropped or invisible when hav
2022-09-19 12:38 UTC · Community Announcements · Eyes
Greetings to all new explorers - robot or animal! Here are the notes for the patches that have been rolled out since the latest DLC release: 3.1.2 Fixed crash when loading some Caverns maps 3.1.1 Fixed very first tavern event not progressing when playing as Naturalist in Director Mode Fixed missing text when using Batteries when nobody needs charging Fixed some character sorting issues in Waterfalls and Director's Office {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34614898/f71aa7807c3ec6412df4c1f9121ca215f9ed0b80.png
2022-09-15 11:29 UTC · Community Announcements · lorenzo_mm
Dear Explorers, The Robots of Lux DLC is available now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1751921/Curious_Expedition_2__Robots_of_Lux/ This one is quite special, as it features a crossover with a game we love made by another developer: SteamWorld Heist by Image & Form Games! Watch the launch trailer to get a feeling of what to expect: The Robots of Lux DLC features 2 new expedition leaders: Piper Faraday from SteamWorld Heist and the Naturalist, who can tame almost any animal in the game, including the Giant Crab! Both leaders come with new recruitable companions. The DLC also includes a new
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